Research Projects
Objective:
To investigate the influence of laser acupuncture on neuroplasticity, assessed using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS).
Design...
Supervisor: Professor Shapour Jaberzadeh
Clinical gait analysis (CGA) involves the use of motion capture technology to assess the way a person walks. CGA is commonplace in paediatric and...
Supervisor: Mr Corey Joseph
Cognitive decline is a major health and social issue, as it negatively affects quality of life of older adults, and increases risk of dementia (such...
Supervisor: Dr Barbara R Cardoso
Immunosuppressed patients such as transplant recipients are at high risk for infections that don’t normally affect healthy individuals....
Supervisor: Brad Gardiner
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is characterised by extreme self-control, partly generated by exaggerated prefrontal cortex activity, which leads to inflexible...
Supervisor: Dr Claire Foldi
Friedreich ataxia is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting coordination, balance, strength, and mobility. It is usually classed as a...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune disorder affecting the brain and spinal cord. The accurate and timely diagnosis of multiple sclerosis...
Supervisor: Dr. Nevin John
Social determinants of health are major drivers of poor pregnancy outcomes, yet they are rarely captured or used systematically to guide maternity...
Supervisor: Dr Mahnaz Bahri Khomami
The status of the airways is constantly monitored by the respiratory sensory nerves which send the detected signals to the brain for further...
Supervisor: Dr Aung Aung Kywe Moe
Organism-specific interpretation of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) data is standard in clinical microbiology, with rules regularly...
Supervisor: Dr Jane Hawkey
Immunotherapies have transformed the treatment of many cancers, but not prostate cancer. Chimeric-antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, in which a...
Supervisor: Dr Laura Porter
Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is increasing in prevalence and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Bing Wang
Status epilepticus (SE), characterised by prolonged or repeated seizures with incomplete recovery, is a critical neurological emergency associated...
Supervisor: Dr Janine Liu
Over 200,000 Australians provide informal assistance and caregiving to people with dementia, and two thirds of these individuals experience...
Supervisor: Dr Melinda Jackson
How does the brain transform sensory information into decisions? Decision formation emerges from the interaction of multiple processes, including...
Supervisor: Dr Mana Biabani
The neural correlates of decision making and learning in the human brain are relatively well known. However, the question of which regions are...
Supervisor: Associate Professor James Coxon
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a common and costly cause of chronic morbidity in the developed world, which currently affects 85,000 Australians...
Supervisor: Dr Rimma Goldberg
Need for a novel solution.
Despite advances in the treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), the risk of CVD remains higher in...
Supervisor: Dr Waheed Khan